Date of most recent action: August 11, 1977

Treaty of Peace with Japan

Done: San Francisco September 8, 1951

Opened For Signature:

Entry into Force: April 28, 1952

Upon deposit of ratifications by Japan and by a majority, including the United States as the
principal occupying power, of the following states, namely Australia, Canada, Ceylon,
France, Indonesia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, the United
Kingdom and the United States (Art. 23(a)). Subsequent ratifications on date of deposit
(Art. 23(b)).
Note: The Treaty of Peace with Japan, in accordance with the provisions of Article 23(a) thereof,
entered into force on April 28, 1952, at 8:30 a.m., Eastern Standard Time, between the Governments of
Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, Mexico, New Zealand, Pakistan, the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America, and Japan.
Legend: (no mark) = ratification; a = accession; d= succession; c = acceptance; p= approval; h=adherence

Participant Signature Consent to be Bound EIF date Note

Argentina September 8, 1951 April 9, 1952 April 28, 1952

Australia September 8, 1951 April 10, 1952 April 28, 1952

Belgium September 8, 1951 August 22, 1952 August 22, 1952

Bolivia September 8, 1951 August 11, 1977 August 11, 1977

Brazil September 8, 1951 May 20, 1952 May 20, 1952

Cambodia September 8, 1951 June 2, 1952 June 2, 1952

Canada September 8, 1951 April 17, 1952 April 28, 1952

Chile September 8, 1951 April 28, 1954 April 28, 1954

Colombia September 8, 1951

Costa Rica September 8, 1951 September 17, 1952 September 17, 1952

Cuba September 8, 1951 August 12, 1952 August 12, 1952

Dominican Republic September 8, 1951 June 6, 1952 June 6, 1952

Ecuador September 8, 1951 December 27, 1955 December 27, 1955 1

Egypt September 8, 1951 December 30, 1952 December 30, 1952

El Salvador September 8, 1951 May 6, 1952 May 6, 1952 2

Ethiopia September 8, 1951 June 12, 1952 June 12, 1952

France September 8, 1951 April 18, 1952 April 28, 1952

Greece September 8, 1951 May 19, 1953 May 19, 1953

Guatemala September 8, 1951 September 23, 1954 September 23, 1954

 Participant Signature Consent to be Bound EIF date Note

Haiti September 8, 1951 May 1, 1953 May 1, 1953

Honduras September 8, 1951 September 4, 1953 September 4, 1953

Indonesia September 8, 1951

Iran September 8, 1951 August 29, 1956 August 29, 1956

Iraq September 8, 1951 August 18, 1955 August 18, 1955

Japan September 8, 1951 November 28, 1951 April 28, 1952

Laos September 8, 1951 June 20, 1952 June 20, 1952

Lebanon September 8, 1951 January 7, 1954 January 7, 1954

Liberia September 8, 1951 December 29, 1952 December 29, 1952

Luxembourg September 8, 1951

Mexico September 8, 1951 March 3, 1952 April 28, 1952

Netherlands September 8, 1951 June 17, 1952 June 17, 1952 3

New Zealand September 8, 1951 April 10, 1952 April 28, 1952

Nicaragua September 8, 1951 November 4, 1952 November 4, 1952

Norway September 8, 1951 June 19, 1952 June 19, 1952

Pakistan September 8, 1951 April 17, 1952 April 28, 1952

Panama September 8, 1951 April 10, 1953 April 10, 1953

Paraguay September 8, 1951 January 15, 1953 January 15, 1953

Peru September 8, 1951 June 17, 1952 June 17, 1952

Philippines September 8, 1951 July 23, 1956 July 23, 1956

Saudi Arabia September 8, 1951 March 13, 1954 March 13, 1954

South Africa September 8, 1951 September 10, 1952 September 10, 1952

Sri Lanka September 8, 1951 April 28, 1952 April 28, 1952

Syria September 8, 1951 December 29, 1952 December 29, 1952

Turkey September 8, 1951 July 24, 1952 July 24, 1952

United Kingdom September 8, 1951 January 3, 1952 April 28, 1952

United States September 8, 1951 April 28, 1952 April 28, 1952 4

Uruguay September 8, 1951 December 2, 1952 December 2, 1952

Venezuela September 8, 1951 June 20, 1952 June 20, 1952

Vietnam September 8, 1951 June 18, 1952 June 18, 1952

 NOTES
1 The instrument of ratification by the Government of Ecuador contained the following declarations:

"El Gobierno del Ecuador deja expresa constancia por la presente Declaracion, en lo referente a las
disposiciones de los Articulos 2 y 3 del Tratado, en cuanto pudieren significar el desmembramiento de
territorios que hubieren pertenecido al Japon en virtud de titulos juridicos suficientes y de conformidad con
el Derecho Internacional que solo reconoce la aplicacion de los principios juridicos y pacificos que rigen
singularmente dentro del sistema interamericano para la solucion de los problemas territoriales.

Finalmente declara que los acuerdos celebrados entre las Grandes Potencias en las Conferencias realizadas
durante la guerra y despues de ella, no podran ser obligatorios para el Ecuador sino en virtud de su
aceptacion."
2 The instrument of ratification by the Government of El Salvador contained the following declarations:

"I) El Salvador no acepta ni ratifica los compromisos que otros Estados puedan haber contraido con
respecto a la transferencia o final disposicion de los territorios enumerados en el articulo Segundo del
Tratado de Paz con el Japon, en todos aquellos casos en que no se haya consultado y acatado la voluntad
libremente expresada por las poblaciones afectadas. Esta reserva se aplica a la transferencia de las Islas
Kuriles, de una parte de la Isla Sajaline (Sakhalin) y a cualquier otro caso analogo, incluyendo ademas todo
compromiso sobre la Isla de Formosa; y

"II) No podra tener efecto alguno en El Salvador, debido a que son contrarias a su Constitucion Politica, las
disposiciones del Articulo XIV del Tratado de Paz con el Japon que autorizan la confiscacion de bienes de
personas naturales o juridicas japonesas."
3 The Royal Netherlands Embassy in Washington transmitted to the Department of State a diplomatic note,
dated October 6, 2010, which reads in pertinent part as follows:

“The Kingdom of the Netherlands currently consists of three parts: the Netherlands, the Netherlands
Antilles and Aruba. The Netherlands Antilles consists of the islands of Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Sint
Eustatius and Saba.

“With effect from 10 October 2010, the Netherlands Antilles will cease to exist as a part of the Kingdom of
the Netherlands. From that date onwards, the Kingdom will consist of four parts: the Netherlands, Aruba,
Curaçao and Sint Maarten. Curaçao and Sint Maarten will enjoy internal self-government within the
Kingdom, as Aruba and, up to 10 October 2010, the Netherlands Antilles do.

“These changes constitute a modification of the internal constitutional relations within the Kingdom of the
Netherlands. The Kingdom of the Netherlands will accordingly remain the subject of international law with
which agreements are concluded. The modification of the structure of the Kingdom will therefore not affect
the validity of the international agreements ratified by the Kingdom for the Netherlands Antilles; these
agreements will continue to apply to Curaçao and Sint Maarten.

“The other islands that have until now formed part of the Netherlands Antilles – Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and
Saba – will become part of the Netherlands, thus constituting ‘the Caribbean part of the Netherlands’. The
agreements that now apply to the Netherlands Antilles will also continue to apply to these islands; however,
the Government of the Netherlands will now be responsible for implementing these agreements.”

Department of State,
Washington,
4 The instrument of ratification by the Government of the United States of America contained the following
declaration:

"As part of such advice and consent the Senate states that nothing the treaty contains is deemed to
diminish or prejudice, in favor of the Soviet Union, the right, title, and interest of Japan, or the Allied Powers
as defined in said treaty, in and to South Sakhalin and its adjacent islands, the Kurile Islands, the Habomai
Islands, the island of Shikotan, or any other territory, rights, or interests possessed by Japan on December 7,
1941, or to confer any right, title, or benefit therein or thereto on the Soviet Union; and also that nothing in
the said treaty, or the advice and consent of the Senate to the ratification thereof, implies recognition on
the part of the United States of the provisions in favor of the Soviet Union contained in the so-called 'Yalta
agreement' regarding Japan of February 11, 1945."